This Interview With Aída Walqui Is One Of The Best Pieces I’ve Seen On ELLs & “The Science Of Reading”

 

Aída Walqui has done a lot of important research over the years on teaching English Language Learners.

New America recently published Q and A with Aída Walqui on How to Make the Science of Reading Work for Adolescent English Learners and Newcomers.

If you’re a teacher of ELLs, and many of us are (see ALMOST HALF OF U.S. TEACHERS HAVE ELLS IN THEIR CLASSES), I would strongly recommend you read it.

I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”